Trump Recounts Venezuelan Raid as Chinook Pilot Receives Medal of Honor

President Trump used the State of the Union to award the Medal of Honor to Army Chief Warrant Officer 5 Eric Slover for piloting a Chinook helicopter through heavy fire during the raid on Nicolás Maduro’s Venezuelan compound, where he was wounded but steered the aircraft to allow onboard gunners to neutralize the threat; Trump also honored Navy pilot E. Royce Williams, a centenarian veteran who had previously earned the Navy Cross for a 1952 Korean War dogfight, with the Medal of Honor at the same ceremony.